Nicolás MelmannAR/ES
Nicolás Melmann (b. 1981, Argentina) is a sound artist and composer exploring the social and poetic dimensions of sound. Holding a composition degree from Universidad de Quilmes and a Master in Sound Art from the University of Barcelona, he works across media with electronic, electro-acoustic, and generative music — incorporating sensors, hydrophones, data sonification, field recordings, installations, and spoken word. He has also produced sound for film, television, dance, and theater.
With six albums released, Melmann has toured Asia, Europe, and the Americas, presenting work at venues and festivals including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Victoria & Albert Museum (London), SEMA (Seoul), MCA Denver, Mutek, and Sónar Buenos Aires. He has held residencies at Red Bull Music Academy (New York), ZKM (Karlsruhe), and STEIM (Netherlands), among others, and received awards from the Paideia Grants (Sweden), Goethe Institute, Beques Barcelona, and Argentina's National Arts Foundation. He has shared stages with artists such as Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nicola Cruz, Lydia Lunch, and Max Cooper.
Nicolás Melmann — Música Aperta
Música Aperta is an electroacoustic piece and audiovisual immersive performance that explores the perception of time through sound. Combining string drones, bowls, and organ, it creates a space of stillness and contemplation, resisting the fast pace of contemporary life. The project explores the concept of unfinished music, offering an interactive online version where listeners can mix tracks and create their own renditions through a reactive audiovisual interface.
In its audiovisual format, "Música Aperta" reinterprets visual works from the early 20th century, drawing inspiration from the abstraction found in the early films of German artist Oskar Fischinger (1927) — light conceived as sound. Fischinger was one of the pioneers of the concept of 'visual music': non-figurative geometric forms synchronised with musical structures, painting that becomes movement. This abstraction dialogues with archive material from early microscopic films by British naturalist and filmmaker Percy Smith (1900), creating a poetic and minimalist world of light and organic forms that slowly transform.
The work invites the audience to immerse themselves in a contemplative audiovisual experience.
Links
melmann.site
